[blacksmith_tb]

The linked article says "many commenters ... assume the Russian soldiers left their phones on ... but Lewis said that almost certainly was not the case, and the traffic data Google was showing was ordinary people who couldn’t get on the road because of Russian military movement." Which doesn't rule it out, but clearly doesn't require it to be true.

[ceejayoz]

At 3am?

"The traffic jam slowly extended to the border, where it then disappeared."

[blacksmith_tb]

That still seems possible, if civilians have been fleeing in their cars? It sounded like drives that would have taken a day under normal conditions were taking several days in the current chaos. Which of course still doesn't mean Russian soldiers might have their phones on.

[ceejayoz]

Why would a traffic's jam worth of people be fleeing from Russia into Ukraine alongside the invading forces?